Teleocrater
"Teleocrater" is the informal name given to an as yet undescribed genus of prehistoric reptile. It was an archosaur (or archosauromorph) originally thought to be a dinosaur. The name "Teleocrater" was coined by English paleontologist Alan Charig in his 1956 doctoral dissertation, but has never been formally published. The same thesis named "Mandasuchus", another archosauriform.[1]
| Archosauromorpha |
| Position of "Teleocrater" relative to other Archosauromorphs, based on Ricqles et al. (2008). |
A 2008 bone histology study of early archosauriforms tentatively identified "Teleocrater" as an archosauromorph which was closely related to, though not a member of, the Erythrosuchidae, a family of early reptiles slightly predating the true archosaurs. The authors also could not assign a family to "Teleocrater".[1]
References
- ^ a b Ricqlès, A. de., Padian, K., Knoll, F., and Horner, J.R. (2008). "On the origin of rapid growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a "phylogenetic signal" in bone histology". Annales de Paleontologie 94: 57-76.
External links
- Teleocrater from the Paleobiology Database
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